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SASH FASTENER. No. 300,694.. Patented June 17, 1884.

WITNESSES INVENTOR @mu, m/fzf UNITED STATES PATENT .OFErcE.

OSBORN R. OOOKE, OF SALEM, OHIO.

SASH-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,694, dated June 17,1884.

Application filed April 3, 1884. (Model.) Patented in Canada- Septcmbcr15, 1883, No. 17,683.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OsBoEN B. 00010;, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salem, in the county of Oolumbiana and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Sash-Holders, (for which I haveobtained a patent in Canada, N 0. 17,683, bearing date Septemberl5,1883,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices which are used forholdingand locking the sliding sashes of windows at any height, andalthough primarily intended for windows of railway-coaches, it may beused for the windows of steamboats, dwelling-houses, or other buildingswhere a sash-support or sash-lock is desired, and is an improvement onthe sashholder shown and described in Letters Patent No. 202,154,granted to me April 9, 1878.

For a thorough comprehension of my improvement reference maybe had tothe accompanying drawings, in which letters similar to thoseused in thefollowing detailed description indicate like parts, and where- Figure 1is a view of a car-window with my improved sash-holder attached. Fig. 2is an enlarged detail view of the invention. Fig. 3 is a front view ofone of the brackets or keepers which carry the ends of the vertical rod.Fig. 4 is a bottom plan, partly in section, of

the gripping device and bracket or shield holding and covering the same.Fig. 5 is atransverse sectional elevation on line 00 00, Fig. 4.

A represents the stile of the frame of the sliding sash, to which isattached, preferably by screws a a, a bracket or shield, B, the centralpart of which is raised, as at b", and flanges a a are cast on eitherside, through which latter are holes for the screws a a. A stop flangeor lip, B, is also cast in one with the raised portion of the bracket Bto one side thereof, and at right angles to the flanges a a, and apivot-pin, b, is also cast on the under side of or passed through theraised portion of this bracket B, near its center.

Mounted loosely on the pivot-pin b, and between the sash A and theraised portion b of the bracket B, being covered at their centers by thelatter, are two dogs, 0 D, of approximately the shape shown in thedrawings, one overlapping the other at the pivot-point, and eachprovided with thumb-plates c d, which projectbeyond the bracket B oneither side of the stop flange or projection B and parallel therewith.The opposite ends of these dogs project beyond the bracket and areflattened in the same direction as thcthumb-plates c d, and providedwith holes 0 (1, through which holes a vertical rod, E, passes, as aboutto be described.

Between the inner sides of the thumb-plates c d and the projection orstop-flange B a spring, f, is placed, being arranged, by preference, asshown in Fig. 4.

The above-described parts are substantially the same as shown in myformer patent, No. 202,154, with the exception of the bracket or shieldB, which is greatly improved by having the raised central portion andflanges arranged as specifled, as this construction does away with thenecessity of cutting a recess in the sash-frame, and allows the improvedholding device to be rapidly and easily attached to any window; and,furthermore, the dogs being arranged to project beyond the bracket, nogroove is necessary, as formerly, as the rod E, upon which the dogswork, can then be arranged to clear the sash altogether, as I will nowdescribe.

To'the architrave or framing of a window I attach, preferably by screws,two brackets or keepers,G G, constructed with flanges g g, projecting atright angles to the side of the window, and into these flanges g g, Isecure the ends of the vertical rod E, said brackets or keepers G Gbeing situated one near the window-sill and the other above the top ofthe sash. This arrangement allows me to place the rod E clear of thesash and in such position that it can be readily put in place andconveniently situated for the dogs 0 D to work upon, besides forming asymmetrical addition to the fixtures of a window.

As the operation of myimproved sash-holder is substantially the same asthat described for my former invention, it will not now be necessary todescribe its operation further than to say that all that requires to bedone in raising or lowering the sash is to compress with the finger andthumb the thumb-plates c (1 close up to the stop-flange B, which has theeffect of bringing the holes 0 d of the dogs 0 D directly in line withthe rod E, and removing or throwing off the grip upon said rod, anddirectly the sash has been raised or lowered the desired distance onreleasing the pressure upon the thumb-plates c d the spring f forces thedogs outward at their ends, and the edges of the holes again grip therod and hold the sash firmly in place, so it cannot be moved in eitherdirection.

It is evident that if one dog only be used the sash would be held orlocked but one way,

and as this may in some cases be desirable I do not limit myself to theprecise form and arrangement of all the parts herein described andshown, for changes may be made to some extent without materiallyaffecting the principle of operation as hereinbefore described.

I am aware that the use of a rod attached to the outside of awindow-frame, in combination with a clamping device, is not new; but,

Having described my invention as above,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by OSBORN R. GOOKE.

Witnesses:

HENRY G. J ONES, FRANK. P. Forms.

